By 1979, The Flamin' Groovies were still riding high from their 1976 album Shake Some Action, a devastating record that shone a wider light on the band and guaranteed their status as underground icons. Their influence would be felt in the ensuing years with numerous alternative bands both at home and across the world absorbing the band's look, sound, and attitude. Eternal champions of the raw punk of the 1960s that re-emerged on Greg Shaw's Pebbles series and Lenny Kaye's groundbreaking Nuggets, The Flamin' Groovies paid homage to the sound and the songs with an explosive live set as is evident from their appearance at Keystone in Palo Alto, CA, in August 1979. The complete radio broadcast of this performance is presented here in professionally remastered sound with background liners and rare archival photos.

"Shake Some Action was the fifth released in 1976 by the San Francisco band Flamin' Groovies. Recorded in Great Britain and produced by Dave Edmunds, Shake Some Action marked a departure for the group from the blues based/garage rock sound of the earlier records to a more power pop/ British invasion influenced direction. This was due to the departure of lead singer Roy Loney, the ascendance of guitarist Cyril Jordan, and the fact that the band moved to England in 1972 and was building a large following there. A true power pop classic now on 180 gram vinyl."

"Flamin' Groovies Now: released in 1978 and produced by Dave Edmunds. It put the Groovies back on the map, as the band won fervent praise on both sides of the Atlantic for their follow up to Shake Some Action. They apply their fiery British Invasion-inspired sound to the Rolling Stones' 'Paint It Black,' the Byrds' 'Feel a Whole Lot Better,' the Beatles' 'There's a Place,' and a bunch of original tunes. On 180 gram vinyl."